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11 makers

  • Hohner

    German harmonica and accordion maker

    Models: 15 · Sources: 4

    Hohner is a German musical-instrument maker founded in Trossingen in 1857, especially associated with harmonicas and accordions.

  • Pigini Accordions

    Italian accordion maker

    Models: 2 · Categories: 1

    Pigini Accordions is a Castelfidardo accordion maker focused on professional, classical, converter, and high-end accordion instruments.

  • Weltmeister

    German accordion maker

    Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

    Weltmeister is a German accordion brand handmade in Klingenthal, a town central to Germany's accordion-making tradition. The manufacturer behind it has operated under names including VEB Klingenthaler Harmonikawerke, Harmona Akkordeon GmbH, and Weltmeister Akkordeon Manufaktur GmbH, and is known worldwide for professional piano and button accordions such as the Supita and the versatile Achat.

  • Victoria Accordions

    Italian accordion maker

    Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

    Victoria Accordions is a Castelfidardo accordion maker founded in 1919 and associated with piano, button, converter, and professional accordions.

  • Petosa

    American accordion maker

    Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

    Petosa is an American accordion maker founded in Seattle in 1922 by Carlo Petosa, and is widely described as the only U.S.-owned-and-operated accordion manufacturer. Run by four generations of the Petosa family and now based in Lynnwood, Washington, it is known for individually handcrafted professional accordions, most notably the AM-1100.

  • Scandalli

    Italian accordion maker

    Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

    Scandalli is an Italian accordion maker with a history beginning in the early 1900s and a continuing line of professional accordions.

  • Excelsior

    Italian-American accordion maker

    Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

    Excelsior is an accordion maker that began in New York City in 1924, founded by Italian immigrants, and became popular with leading American and jazz accordionists. A plant was opened in Castelfidardo, Italy, in 1948, and production moved fully to Castelfidardo in the early 1950s, where Excelsior accordions are still made. It is known for professional piano accordions such as the 940.

  • Bugari Armando

    Italian accordion maker

    Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

    Bugari Armando is a Castelfidardo accordion maker established in 1961, when Armando Bugari took over the family accordion business begun by his father Nello. Built exclusively at its Castelfidardo headquarters, the company is known for professional piano, chromatic, and converter accordions with double tone chambers and hand-made reeds.

  • Beltuna Accordions

    Italian accordion maker

    Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

    Beltuna Accordions is an Italian accordion maker based in Castelfidardo, known for professional accordion lines and technical innovations.

  • Dallapé

    Italian accordion maker

    Sources: 3 · Categories: 1

    Dallapé is one of the oldest and most storied Italian accordion makers, founded in 1876 by Mariano Dallapé in Stradella, Italy. Mariano Dallapé is widely credited with helping transform the simple organetto into the richer, more powerful accordion, and the family firm Fabbrica Armoniche Mariano Dallapé e Figlio became a worldwide symbol of the Italian accordion. The company remained in family hands across several generations.

  • Castagnari

    Italian diatonic accordion maker

    Sources: 2 · Categories: 1

    Castagnari is an Italian family workshop associated with diatonic accordions, organetti, and handmade free-reed instruments since 1914.